I GOT A COPY OF THIS FROM STAR PUBLISH. ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF HOW INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES AND EVEN AUTHORS ARE TREATED BY THE PUBLISHING MACHINE. WE SHOULD DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES AS THEY ARE INDEPENDENT AND SMALL PRESS AUTHOR ALLIES. NEXT TIME YOU ARE ASKED TO PLEDGE-TELL THEM YOU WILL WHEN THEY START SUPPOTING THEIR ECONOMIC BASE-THE LITTLE GUY!

"No one questions the power of National Public Radio (NPR) to sell books, but…

I've spent the last 20 years working for a community newspaper in the NW suburbs of Illinois. I can only tell you what I know from my own experiences.

1) How do you get your foot in the door?

For one, know when the news staff is overwhelmed with news or digging for it. Summer time can be one of the slowest times of the year because school is out and people are vacation. Step one call, the Lifestyle, Social or Entertainment editor. Once. If you hound…

BARBARA: Welcome to Writers in the Sky podcast. I’m your host, Barbara Milbourn, and guess who I’ll be interviewing today!—Yvonne Perry, the founder of this podcast dedicated to the craft and business of writing.

Yvonne Perry is a freelance writer, author, speaker, and owner of Write On! Creative Writing Services, a team of full-time freelance ghostwriters… Continue

Announcing an Educational Book on Stem Cell Research for People Who Don’t Have (or Want) a
Degree in Biology

Right to Recover, Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America—an easy to understand, comprehensive book that challenges assumptions and opinions about research that uses stem cells left over from in-vitro process.…

WAPPs? What's that? My acronym for writers, authors, publishers and publicists! That's most of us in this group.

I publish a FREE (don't we all love that word?) monthly newsletter called WRITERS IN THE SKY. It is filled with articles, advertorials, writing contest and other industry-related announcements, book reviews, poetry, and more.

It's a great way to reach almost 3,000 subscribers so if you want to send me a review or any other information to help you promote your book,… Continue

Just back from Denver and my first book signing. What FUN! We were using galleys at a trade show because the book doesn't come out until October but the audience was delighted to get a signed original. It's wonderful to talk with readers about the book and see their excitement. I could get used to this attention, it's like being back in radio.

Whale Song was nominated by a fan and is now part of an online contest. People can vote on their favorite book covers at Erin Aislinn's site. Check out the five May covers, including Whale Song, and please vote for your favorite.

Vishnu reposing on his bed of serpents is the supreme being from whom all things emanate. In the Mahabharata and the Puranas he is the prajapati or creator. The Kings of Nepal have been regarded as the…

This is a question that I’m asked quite often. As a busy author, you want to focus your promotional efforts where they count most. But it’s often difficult to determine what’s working and what’s not unless a very specific, isolated promotion generates a huge volume of sales. I love analyzing things and have a very detailed system for tracking my sales success. Here are some basic tips:

Keep a detailed log of all your book promotion efforts -- articles published…

For the past two months, I've spent a lot of time learning different ways to promote my books. The latest one, Fly With The Mourning Dove, has received some good reviews. I also learned how to promote my only POD book, which I reissued after the publisher who first published it went out of business. I now own all rights to Wandering In The Shadows of Time: An Ozarks Odyssey and am sending out excerpts to magazines for publication as a way of promoting the book. I learned this at a conference in… Continue